This book integrates Soviet and post-Soviet Russian history into a
coherent whole by focusing on the culture, role models, habits and
behavior patterns that provide continuity between various political
regimes, systems, and rulers from Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin.
The unifying theme of all these periods is the central question of
identity – how the Russians have defined themselves, their
country, and their values. Why did the Bolsheviks try to erase any
trace of Old Russia and with what did they try to replace it? Why
did Stalin wipe out the kulaks and the old Bolsheviks? What were
the political consequences of the Great Patriotic War on the
Russians as people? When post-Stalin Russia slowly weakened and
gave way to the humanism and Westernization that led to the
collapse of the Soviet system, why did the 1990s generate a
resurgence of anti-western nationalism? And how to explain the slow
and steady break with the West under President Putin? This will be
a core textbook for undergraduate and graduate students of Russian
and European history, and a valuable text for all those interested
in how the Russian past influenced and shaped current politics, and
in the international East–West divide in particular.
General
Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
First published: |
2024 |
Authors: |
Vladimir N. Brovkin
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-234688-5 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-03-234688-4 |
Barcode: |
9781032346885 |
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